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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps Alicia's mother from going to the market to sell?

2. What did Jewish boys enjoy doing?

3. How would Alicia gather heat for her family?

4. Why did the family go without food for periods of time?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does the author give?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs Gold choose to help Alicia after she has already nursed her back to health?

2. In a twist of fate, how does Alicia become reconnected to her mother?

3. How did life change once the Russians took over control of Poland?

4. Why does meeting Bella's family help Alicia make it through through this section of the novel?

5. What happened to Hebrew when The Russians took over Poland?

6. Who help to nurse Alicia back to health after she escapes being sent on a death march?

7. Why did Alicia's employer cease to allow Alicia and her mother to work and stay under her roof?

8. How does Alicia show her selflessness in this section?

9. What is the second way that Alicia proves she is selfless in this section?

10. As the winter comes, how do the Jews protect themselves from Nazi raids?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Nazis successful turn the Jews into the "other?" In relation to this question, discuss the following:

- Nazi propaganda

- Polish sentiment towards the Jews prior to the war.

- The movement of Jews into the ghetto and forced labeling using the Star of David.

Essay Topic 2

Alicia and her mother outlive all of the men in their family. How do they figure out a way to overcome the loss of all of the Jurman males?

How does Alicia work to keep the memories of her father and her brothers alive?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Milek and Benjamin as a support network for Alicia.

How do both of these people work to support Alicia at some point of the novel?

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